Translated by mahoushoujoari
- Matsui Jurina’s Case -
Kanon: You know, I had a weird dream today.
Akane: What dream?
Kanon: Like…the watch’s hands were moving at an incredible speed, everyone surrounding me was freezed and only I could move.
Yuria: And then?
Kanon: And then…nobody would move even though I tried to call out to them so I started to feel sad, I let my watch fall and it broke.
Akane: Was that watch a wristwatch?
Kanon: No, it was a strange watch, more like a pocket one.
Akane: It’s good it wasn’t a wristwatch, isn’t it?? According to the oneiromancy, a wristwatch represents one’s lover so it might’ve been a bad omen!
Kanon: Lucky me then!! But you sure know a lot!
Akane: I really like things like oneiromancy, so I always write down the dreams I have.
Yuria: Are you for real??
Akane: Yeah.
Yuria: But I heard that if you write down your dreams or something, your mind would start getting weird!!
Akane: Wasn’t it about becoming able to see lucid dreams?
Kanon: Lucid dreams…?
Akane: It means that you can realize you’re dreaming and you can control your own dream!
Kanon: That’s amazing! If I were able to control my dreams, I…
Yuria: But aren’t dreams often filled with absurd things and circumstances? So why don’t we realize they’re dreams?
Akane: I’m often being chased after by someone in my dreams.
Kanon: And…don’t you sometimes happen to see very realistic dreams?
Yuria: I do! Just recently, I suddenly fell asleep while I was exchanging mails with my boyfriend. And then inside the dream I kept waiting for his mail all the time!
Kanon: Ohhh, nice story! And…did you get the mail?
*Yuria’s gestures make it clear it’s a no*
Akane: I don’t like mails.
Kanon: Why?
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Waitress: Sorry for the wait. Here’s your moyashi ramen.
Jurina: Thank you.
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Akane: I don’t get why one would send hundreds of mails a day!!
Yuria: Eh? I send like 300 per day…
Kanon: Ohh, that’s a lot. I don’t send that much but I guess I reach 100 mails a day.
Akane: Why do you have to communicate so much?
Kanon: Communicate, you say…
Yuria: It’s not like it’s about serious business or something, just things like “What are you doing?” or “That’s funny, isn’t it?” while watching TV.
Akane: That’s unbelievable. What’s the point in sending that kind of mail!? You won’t be able to focus on the TV and if you feel like talking, you should just see the person and talk!
Yuria: No no no. You can use cute emoji! And isn’t it enjoyable to mail while thinking about the other person?? And what about the time when you get excited waiting for the reply??
Akane: I’ve never been touched nor I got excited by an emoticon! Moreover, I don’t think boys care about mails as much as girls do.
Kanon: True…there are a lot of boys that use to be cold when mailing.
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Mail received by Jurina: We can’t see each other anymore.
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Akane: Wouldn’t we be fine without mails?
Yuria: Impossible. I can’t live without mails.
Kanon: It would be actually hard without mails. Like…my current boyfriend confessed to me by mail.
Akane: How is a confession by mail acceptable!? It makes me want to say “Just say it directly!!” And…young people now depend on mails too much!!!!
Yuria: Young people…Aren’t you young as well?
Kanon: In the past not only they didn’t have mails, but not even phones!!
Yuria: Incredible, isn’t it?
Akane: How would it be without phones?
Kanon: Without a phone you can’t see the time nor take pics…You can’t do anything, can you?
Yuria: I’d be a lot uneasy.
Akane: But well, in a way or another we would’ve been able to live without phones, wouldn’t we?
Kanon: After all, not just phones, they didn’t even have watches in the past!!
Akane: One wouldn’t be able to get the time without a phone or a watch…How would people have appointments!?
Yuria: Wouldn’t they be led by the power of love?
Akane: The power of love?? I wonder if someone depending on phones, who sends 300 mails per day, could be led by the power of love…
Yuria: You’re a meanie!!
Kanon: Do you think time is equal for everyone?
Akane: I think it is. No matter if you’re a famous person, a genious, a day is always of 24 hours.
Yuria: I think it’s not equal. “Time travels at different speeds for different people”. William Shakespeare. A boring and painful time lasts long, while a fun and satisfactory time is short.
Akane: But that’s just about perception, ‘cause time physically flows in an equal way for everyone, doesn’t it? No matter if you’re in Tokyo, London or New York, one day counts 86.400 seconds!
Kanon: Well, if you think in terms of the time composing a hour or a day it might be that time’s actually equal, but everyone’s lifespan is different, isn’t it? If you think like that, well, maybe the time given to people is not equal!
Akane: “Human beings don’t know how valuable the present is. They act coquetry, just somehow wishing for a better future, as they aimlessly snuggle up to the past.” Goethe. So…point is: Live the present with all your might, right?
Yuria: You closed it forcibly, didn’t you!?
Akane: Well, just a bit…But, it’s not an easy matter so let’s just leave it as it…
Yuria: Right…
Akane: The ramen spread! Let’s eat!
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- Kitahara Rie’s Case -
Manatsu: We’re always here, aren’t we?
Anna: We’re always saying the same things, aren’t we?
Manatsu: We’re always here at the same time, aren’t we?
Anna: We always sit here and talk at 5, don’t we?
Manatsu: The scenery’s always the same, isn’t it?
Anna: We’re always doing the same thing over again, aren’t we?
Manatsu: By the way…what were we talking about?
Anna: Oh, I forgot!
Manatsu: Even though we always say the same things…
Anna: Yeah, we forget about them even though they’re always the same things…
Manatsu: But isn’t it awful to keep doing the same things…?
Anna: Doesn’t that awfullness changes into strength?
Manatsu: Well, some calls it pretending to be strong…
Anna: Time sure is mysterious.
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- Matsui Rena’s Case -
Rena: I’m envious of the time surrounding me. Even though my own time is the real one, past, present and future seem like they’re moving at high speed and then in slow motion, coming down on me. The watch of my heart is really pretending to be strong.
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